Jake Hanlon Trio

Set times: 7:30pm & 9:30pm// Jake Hanlon Guitarist, Composer, Educator. One of Canada’s best kept musical secrets, guitarist and composer Jake Hanlon has carved out a seat at the table of the Canadian jazz guitar tradition as a top tier composer and educator. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hanlon has in his career released 4 albums as a leader and shared concert stages with not only some of Canada’s most notable jazz artists (for example, Mike Murley, Kirk MacDonald, Lorne Lofsky, Adrean Farrugia, Ethan Ardelli, Mike Rud, Kelly Jefferson, Paul Tynan, Gene Smith, David Braid) but some of the world’s top name artists (for example David Liebman, Peter Erskine, Tim Haggans, Matt Wilson, Chad Wackermann, Aaron Lington, Michael League, Vic Juris, Sheryl Bailey, Andy LaVerne). Hanlon has performed internationally, including the Kennedy Center for the Arts in the United States, The Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Nepal and of course across his native Canada. In addition to being a multi time ECMA nominated artist, Hanlon is an Associate Professor of Music at Saint Francis Xavier University where he teaches jazz guitar, jazz composition as well as jazz ensemble direction and course on popular music history. Hanlon has studied jazz guitar with Fred Hamilton, Vic Juris, and John Abercrombie. @jakehanlonjazz
Jake will be joined by Chris Pond (Bass) and Lucas Denneboom (drums).
www.jakehanlonjazz.com